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My link to Lyle Burkhart's article on the Nazi gas chambers generated even more discussion than I had expected -- and several people helped hole-poke his argument into tatters. I think I can safely say that that particular page is rubbish. It's too bad; he's got a lot of interesting things to say on other topics.

Thanks in particular to bunnyjadwiga, curlyeric, dwarven_brewer, and jcbigler for especially relevant counterarguments and references. And thanks to Lyle Burkhart himself for reminding me how easy it is to look like you know what you're talking about even if you don't.

Current Mood: contemplative

While reading some critical evaluations of whether the Third Wave experiment happened as described, I happened on a page arguing that there were no gas chambers in Nazi death camps. This is not a piece of Holocaust denial -- the writer of the article seems to think that most of the other details of the Holocaust are too well documented to be in any question -- but it does appear to be a well-reasoned, thoughtful job. If anyone can find holes in his arguments, I'd be interested to know what they are.

Update, about 13 hours later: While I'm not withdrawing my post, I'm beginning to think I may have posted too soon. The article appears to have been less well thought out than I originally thought. That's what comes from posting on impulse in the wee hours of the morning...